Dust Commander

Don Combs, who, as a 31-year-old trainer, won the 1970 GI Kentucky Derby with Dust Commander, passed away Sunday morning at Sayre Christian Village in Lexington. He was 86. The cause of death was a stroke. "His first wife called me this morning and said he had a stroke," said family friend Bobby Penn. "I had been up to see him about a month or two ago. Everything was ok then. He knew me and everything. I told her I would come back and see him. She called me this...

Golden Chance Farm, an historic 600+ acre property in Bourbon County, is currently being offered for sale through Kirkpatrick & Co. The farm was home to 1970 GI Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander, who was campaigned by Robert and Verna Lehmann and who began his stud career at the Lehmanns' Golden Chance Farm. The farm was also the birthplace of the great John Henry, as well as 1977 Derby runner-up Run Dusty Run. In addition to a main residence and guest house, the property includes five barns with one-hundred stalls,...